Matt and Rosemary Lopez closed Taza de Cafe, and Charlie’s Ice Cream Social next door, late last year with a promise to reopen with a slightly new menu and design. The couple changed the name of the corner eatery to Cafe 44 and opened the doors earlier this month in…
Blink and you might miss the Curtis Park Delicatessen while driving down Champa Street in the historic Five Points neighborhood, but this is one establishment you won’t want to pass by. Marked with a red door and small sign on the brick above, the owners makes good use of the…
Coy and Rachael Webb are paying homage to Colorado’s barbecue roots at their new smokehouse, Roaming Buffalo Bar-B-Que, which just opened on Wednesday. Along with pork shoulder, beef brisket, house-made sausage and a few other specialties, the menu of smoked meats includes Colorado lamb shank and bison short ribs. Colorado…
Get ready for Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the latest watering hole from Tavern Hospitality Group. But the spot, which officially opens January 19 in the up-and-coming Prospect Park, right at 29th Avenue and Huron Street, is not another Tavern — though it has a great rooftop deck, a Tavern hallmark. Instead,…
No. 56: The Rare Beast Sandwich at Salt & Grinder 3609 West 32nd Avenue 303-945-4200 When Salt & Grinder first opened in the West Highland neighborhood in June, owner Frank Bonanno had this to say about what makes a perfect deli sandwich: “A ton of meat, sliced to order and…
January is a slow time of year for many restaurants, as potential customers attempt to recover from holiday overindulging and overspending. That’s just fine with Z Cuisine owner and chef Patrick DuPays; it gives him a little time to give the kitchen a good overhaul and to make some long-planned…
Visit Denver launched the menus for the 2015 Denver Restaurant Week on its website today to help get Denver diners salivating for ten days (no, not a week!) of discounted meals at the city’s top restaurants. This year’s Restaurant Week will take place from February 20 to March 1, encompassing…
It’s a crisp winter day at the Bark Bar, and the wind carries the sounds of light conversation and animal happiness. A few muted barks are heard as the dogs in the yard roughhouse and roll in the dirt while their owners look on, beers in hand. Dogs running free…
If you ever feel like you’re half asleep being dragged out to brunch, the fantasy-like ambiance of Beatrice & Woodsley will do nothing in the sense of waking you from your daydream. But that’s okay, because this is one “cabin in the woods” where we don’t mind wasting away the…
Tyson Holzheimer Butcher’s Bistro 303-296-2750 2233 Larimer Street Tyson Holzheimer grew up in Montana, in a family where do-it-yourself was a necessity rather than a passing trend. “I first skinned an animal when I was ten,” he recalls. Using a knife to separate muscle from skin and bone was just…
The Bistro at Stapleton 2955 Ulster Street 303-388-9463 Over the past fifteen years, Stapleton has morphed from a land of tumbleweed and prairie dogs to a thriving community, with enough houses to constitute its own suburb. Though the development has been a success, the restaurant scene in this corner of…
Ian Kleinman is back at it, applying his molecular magic to another batch of breakfast treats at his fourth doughnut pop-up — this time at Sunnyside Burger Bar in LoHi. Kleinman, known for his Inventing Room food lab and catering company, will be whipping up his biggest menu yet –…
Walking into Pablo’s Coffee cafe in the Alamo Placita neighborhood, you’ll notice the noise: not that it’s too loud, but it’s louder than other cafes because everyone is talking — to the baristas, to each other, and to strangers. There are a few people on computers or reading, but for…
Pupuseria San Salvador sits in a small strip mall a few blocks south of Denver city limits, along a stretch of Federal Boulevard that doesn’t exactly invite culinary exploration. Along with a bonsai nursery and some auto repair shops, there’s Sheridan City Hall — a utilitarian tan brick structure with…
Denver International Airport continues to top lists of U.S. airports known for healthy eating and quality restaurants. The latest addition to a stable that already includes Elway’s, Root Down, Etai’s Bakery Cafe (formerly Udi’s) and two New Belgium tap rooms (the Hub and the Spoke) shouldn’t hurt the airport’s reputation,…
Two Vietnamese stalwarts on Federal Boulevard have changed hands. DaLat Vietnamese Cuisine was purchased last last year, then closed for a renovation and reopened on New Year’s Eve with a new look but the same chef who’s been putting out refined and delicious dishes — like the intense flavors of…
White Fence Farm was sold to new owners Tom Piercy and Craig Caldwell in November, ending a decades-long run by original proprietor Charlie Wilson. It was tradition for the fried chicken farm to close for the month of January, but Piercy and Caldwell — both cold-weather lovers — are keeping…
California’s two-year ban on the production and sale of foie gras, the fattened duck or goose liver subject to heated animal welfare debates, ended this week as U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ruled that the law contradicts existing federal poultry regulations. California voters originally approved the ban in 2004,…
Matt Andrew opened his first Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint in Atlanta, Georgia in 2008, after getting his start in the fast-casual restaurant world with the Moe’s Southwestern Grill chain. There are now fifteen Uncle Maddio’s franchises in the Atlanta area alone, with more popping up every day throughout the South,…
Matt and Carrie Stein ladled up the first bowl of clam chowder yesterday at the Chowder Room, one of the first Denver restaurants to open in 2015. We stopped by to check out the quaint maritime-themed dining room, the soups — there will be three daily plus a vegan “chowder”…
The Wazee Supper Club turned forty last fall. It predates all the hipness, all the gentrification of LoDo — in fact, it predates when lower downtown was tagged with that nickname. Over the years, the Wazee has been a neighborhood hangout for everyone from artists to sports fans to Westword…
During 23 years in the seafood industry, you build a lot of connections and develop a solid foundation of knowledge for sourcing the best fish for a restaurant. Chef Matt Stein is putting all that experience and knowledge to good use at the Chowder Room, his restaurant that opens tonight…
